Improved shoe-clasp



ISAAC BAN ISTER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Lettere Patent No. 62,306, dated February 26, 1867.

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'ro ALL WHOM 1T MAY ooNoERN:

Beit known that I, ISAAC BANISTER, of the city of Newer-k, in the State of New Jersey, have invented a. new and'iinproved Claspto tak-e the -place of strings, buttons, or other fast-enings4 for shoes,` gaiters, or other articles of dress or clothing; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fnll and lexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon. Y

The nature of my improvement consists in yso forming two plates or narrow strips of flexible metal that they forni a clasp, as represented in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 represents the clasp'open. A is the upper or face plate; B is the under or back plate; C is the hinge connecting the Vtwo plates, formed by perforating the plate B at C and inserting the plate A, made narrow to t the hole in B, and bent up to form the hinge C; E lE E are holes made in the under plate B to fasten it.

' Figure 2 shows a longitudinal section of the clasp closed. The under plate B is bcnt up and over towaril i the hinge to form a catch at D, the end of B rounded and concave from beneath, and A 'bent up to t in the cavity, as at D. To open the clasp requires a side pressure of A et D.

What I claim, and desire to secure, is l A clasp, when formed substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

, ISAAC BANISTER.

Witnesses:

l D. W.\BALDW1N,

JOHN POST. 

